Zane Grey

He called Tull a binder of women, a callous beast who hid behind a mock mantle of righteousness—an’ the last an’ lowest coward on the face of the earth. To prey on weak women through their religion—that was the last unspeakable crime!

For hand in glove with that power was an insatiate greed; they were one and the same.

Remembering Jane’s accusation of bitterness, he tried hard to put aside his rancor in judging Tull. But it was bitter knowledge that made him see the truth. He had felt the shadow of an unseen hand; he had watched till he saw its dim …

"If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago."

he was a stranger in a strange land

It was the elision of the weaker element — the survival of the fittest; and some, indeed very many, mothers must lose their sons that way.

We'll use a signal I have tried and found far-reaching and easy to yell. Waa-hoo!